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Multiplayer for Batman: Arkham City Would Have Affected Single Player Story

The developers at Rocksteady seem to have seriously considered adding a multiplayer mode to last year’s Batman: Arkham City, but found out early on that the resources needed to create it might actually make the single-player story less compelling. Speaking to the Official PlayStation Magazine in the United Kin...

13 February 2012
10:21 GMT

PlayStation Vita and PS3 Cross-Play Support Showcased by New Video

Sony is trying to show off all of the features baked into its PlayStation Vita handheld platform, and has deployed a fresh video that focuses on the cross-play functionality between the Vita mobile device and the PlayStation 3 home console. The PlayStation Vita is set to appear at the end of the month in Europe and ...

11 February 2012
09:31 GMT

Wargame: European Escalation Launches Multiplayer Trailer, Beta

The developers at Eugen Systems and publisher Focus Home Interactive have launched a multiplayer oriented trailer for the upcoming strategy game Wargame: European Escalation, showing off all the options that gamers have when it comes to engaging others in battle.The two companies have also announced that those fans w...

11 February 2012
04:53 GMT

Twisted Metal Arrives in Europe on March 7

The developers at Eat Sleep Play and publisher Sony have announced that the launch date for the European version of Twisted Metal is now set for March 7, with the two companies confirming that players will have abilities to paint their own cars. The game has been delayed for some time because of issues with localiza...

8 February 2012
05:46 GMT

The Last of Us Gets New Details, Will Have an Online Mode

Some more details about The Last of Us, the upcoming survival game from Naughty Dog, have just appeared, shedding more light onto the relationship between protagonists Joel and Ellie, as well as supplying more information about the story, while hinting at an online mode. The Last of Us already impressed quite a lot ...

7 February 2012
19:31 GMT

Gamer Dies in Taiwan After Marathon League of Legends Session

A 23-year-old gamer from Taiwan named Chen Rong-yu, died in an Internet Café from New Taipei city, after a marathon session of online strategy game League of Legends. Gamer deaths have been few and far in between, but each one managed to draw in unwanted attention from the mainstream media. Now, a new onlin...

7 February 2012
15:31 GMT

New Video Brings Fresh Details About SSX’s Online Features

After highlighting some of the biggest new features of the upcoming SSX snowboarding game in a previous video, EA has just deployed some new footage that goes even deeper into the online functionality of the new title. While we got a chance to check out the Explore and RiderNet features last month, EA has now presen...

7 February 2012
02:39 GMT

Naughty Dog Shows Off Remade Multiplayer Maps for Uncharted 3

The developers at Naughty Dog have shown off a new trailer for the multiplayer maps that will be launched for Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, highlighting how the content will use the capabilities of the new graphics engine to give players both beauty and new gaming challenges. The Flashback Map pack #1 will i...

7 February 2012
02:21 GMT

Weekend Reading: Multiplayer Demos and How They Can Do More Harm than Good

This week saw the release of not one but two demos for major games, in the form of Twisted Metal and Syndicate, both choosing to highlight the multiplayer components of the upcoming titles. I tried them out and, while they were quite decent, both trials had some major problems that ended up harming my enthusiasm for...

4 February 2012
15:31 GMT

Twisted Metal Designer Talks About Party Mode, Split-Screen and More

David Jaffe, the lead designer on the upcoming Twisted Metal combat racing game, has highlighted some of the combat racing game's features. He talked about the Party system, the splitscreen co-op mode, as well as the presence of human adversaries in some levels. Twisted Metal is the first big PlayStation 3 excl...

2 February 2012
04:32 GMT

SSX Has Online Pass, Doesn’t Prevent Access to Multiplayer Mode

The upcoming SSX snowboarding game will have an online pass system, according to its publisher, Electronic Arts. But this won’t prevent those who buy used copies of the title from accessing the multiplayer mode, as it just limits the amount of in-game rewards they’ll get from finishing races. Online pass...

1 February 2012
04:55 GMT

EA Trying to Solve Battlefield 3 PC Bans After Punkbuster Issues

Electronic Arts has revealed that it’s now trying to remove the faulty bans that were mistakenly issued to Battlefield 3 PC players after certain issues with the Punkbuster anti-cheat tool and other third party services last week. Battlefield 3 amazed millions with its top notch shooter gameplay, specifically ...

31 January 2012
05:52 GMT

Mass Effect 3 Special Forces Video Shows Off Multiplayer Races

BioWare has just deployed a fresh video that focuses on Mass Effect 3’s cooperative Galaxy at War mode, called Special Forces. In Mass Effect 3, gamers, besides embarking on the final set of single-players adventures that concentrate on Commander Shepard, can also play together with their friends in the upcomi...

30 January 2012
05:09 GMT

Assassin’s Creed: Revelations Gets New Map Variant for 15 Million Kills

French video game publisher Ubisoft has made available a new map variant for its Assassin’s Creed: Revelations open world game, allowing players to explore the Ippokratous map at night, as a reward for the fact that gamers have managed to rack up more than 15 million assassinations on all platforms. The Ippokr...

27 January 2012
08:14 GMT

FIFA Street Will Have Street Network Social Features

Video game publisher Electronic Arts has confirmed that the upcoming FIFA Street video game will include a set of social features grouped under the Street Network name. It will be available on both the PlayStation 3 from Sony and the Xbox 360 from Microsoft when the game is out on March 13 in the United States and ...

25 January 2012
09:15 GMT

Splash Damage Prepares for Big Announcements on Both PC and Home Consoles

Splash Damage has not made any official announcements since the launch of Brink in 2011, but that will change shortly as the developer plans to make 2012 the most important year in its history, with video games set to be unveiled for both the PC and home consoles. Paul Wedgwood, the chief executive officer at Splash...

25 January 2012
09:08 GMT

18 New Content Drops for Modern Warfare 3 Detailed, Dated

Video game publisher Activision Blizzard has offered details and a clear launch plan for the next 18 content drops that will arrive for the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 first-person shooter, all the way up to the month of September of this year. Overall gamers that like the multiplayer side of the game will be abl...

25 January 2012
05:55 GMT

Battlefield 3 PC Players Banned Through Punkbuster Exploit

It seems that the Battlefield 3 online experience on the PC has been disrupted once again, as a group of hackers has uncovered a vulnerability in the Punkbuster program, which is used to prevent cheating in the game, and has begun to ban legal players for no reason whatsoever. Battlefield 3 was released at the end o...

25 January 2012
05:49 GMT

New SSX Video Focuses on Its Online Features

Electronic Arts has just deployed a fresh video for its upcoming SSX snowboarding simulator, this time focusing on the online features of the new game.SSX is set to mark a return of the cult classic series, once again depicting a lighthearted experience that’s bound to get the blood pumping in anyone remotely i...

24 January 2012
03:09 GMT

2012 Major League Gaming Pro Circuit Introduces Starcraft II, Prepares Winter Arena

The organizers of the Major League Gaming circuit have announced that the 2012 season of the competition will see the introduction of the Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty, the strategy title from Blizzard, as an official game and the launch of an all new event called the Winter Arena.Until February 8 gamers who have re...

23 January 2012
13:01 GMT

Twisted Metal Will Get Demo and Day One Patch

Twisted Metal is one of the biggest PlayStation 3 exclusive releases of early 2012 and the developers working on the game have confirmed that they are planning to release a demo of the game, showing fans what the experience will be like, and that they are already working on a day one patch to fix some small issues.Da...

23 January 2012
08:44 GMT

Swedish Company Aims for Thousand Player Gaming Record

MuchDifferent, a Sweden based technology company , has announced that on January 29 of the year it plans to launch a world record attempt, trying to get one thousand players to do battle in the same space using a browser based first person shooter title.It seems that MuchDifferent has been working with other Nordic d...

18 January 2012
05:24 GMT

Jagged Alliance Online Gets Multiplayer Mode Details

The developers at Cliffhanger Productions and the publisher gamigo have offered a lot of information on the multiplayer options that will be offered in the upcoming Jagged Alliance Online, the game that seeks to respect the original ideas of the series and update them for modern gamers.The multiplayer modes include:-...

17 January 2012
20:11 GMT

Starhawk Public Multiplayer Beta Starts Today in North America

Lightbox and Sony Santa Monica, the developers of the upcoming Starhawk shooter, have confirmed that a public beta stage starts today across North America, allowing PlayStation 3 users to get a taste of the game’s multiplayer before its release. Starhawk, the spiritual successor to 2007’s Warhawk, aims a...

17 January 2012
16:21 GMT

Dynasty Warriors on 3DS Is Focused on Multiplayer Battles

Video game developer and publisher Tecmo Koei has announced that the upcoming Dynasty Warriors VS, which will be launched on the Nintendo 3DS handheld, will be focused heavily on multiplayer, allowing gamers to choose between 1 versus 1 engagements, 2 versus 2 battles and battle royale modes that include 3 and four p...

17 January 2012
12:51 GMT

New Video Shows Off Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City’s Multiplayer Modes

Capcom and Slant Six Games have just released a brand new video that showcases the multiplayer modes in the upcoming Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City shooter. The Resident Evil series is going into a brand new direction with Operation Raccoon City, as Slant Six is bringing a more action-oriented tactical shoote...

16 January 2012
17:21 GMT

ModNation Racers for Vita Lacks Competitive Online Multiplayer

The developers working on the upcoming ModNation Racers: Road Trip at the SCE San Diego Studio have confirmed that the game will lack any sort of competitive online multiplayer mode. Vernon Mollete II, the producer working on the racing game, stated that players would be able to join in ad-hoc multiplayer matches ov...

16 January 2012
02:23 GMT

Ninja Gaiden 3 Gets Multiplayer Bloody Trailer

The developers at Team Ninja and publisher Tecmo Koei have released another trailer for their upcoming Ninja Gaiden 3, showing off the multiplayer side of the game, with a focus on the trademark ultraviolence of the series. Fans can watch a variety of ninja characters killed in gruesome ways and can also get a peek ...

13 January 2012
02:21 GMT

Both Single Player and Multiplayer DLC in Development for Mass Effect 3

Video game developer BioWare is ready to deliver both single player and multiplayer post launch content for its upcoming mix between action game and role playing, Mass Effect 3.Speaking to Game Informer Case Hudson, who is the leading producer working on Mass Effect 3, said, “There’s some multiplayer stuf...

11 January 2012
05:48 GMT

DICE Prepares Full Overhaul for Battlefield 3 Accessories

Alan Kertz, who is a core gameplay designer working at DICE on the first person shooter Battlefield 3, has launched a discussion on Reddit, seeking feedback from players on a number of changes that the development team is aiming to make to the accessories side of the equipment loadaout.The DICE developer says that, &...

4 January 2012
17:41 GMT

New Video Shows Off Kid Icarus: Uprising’s Multiplayer Modes

After revealing the first details about the multiplayer modes in Kid Icarus: Uprising, Nintendo has now presented a short video demonstration that shows off gameplay from the two modes that will be playable both online and locally. Kid Icarus: Uprising is among the few big games that will appear for the 3DS in the f...

29 December 2011
03:52 GMT

Fight Game: Heroes Now Available for Xperia PLAY

Xperia PLAY, the first PlayStation-certified handset from Sony Ericsson, has just got a new title specifically designed for it, namely Fight Game: Heroes.Just as the name suggests, this is an action fight game, which is not fit for the faint hearted. You can have a glimpse at what it is all about in the video embedde...

28 December 2011
11:31 GMT

Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City’s Multiplayer Heroes Mode Revealed

After revealing the release date and the special collections that will be available for loyal fans, Capcom and Slant Six Games have now presented the multiplayer Heroes mode that’s a part of the upcoming Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City shooter.While fans certainly raised their eyebrows and expressed their...

19 December 2011
19:31 GMT

Get Your Face Into Max Payne 3’s Multiplayer Mode Through a New Contest

For those of you who really want to have their virtual selves shot and killed millions of times, Rockstar has set up a brand new contest in which the winners will see their faces recreated as enemies from the multiplayer mode of the upcoming Max Payne 3 shooter.We already heard the first details about the Gang Wars m...

19 December 2011
17:31 GMT

The Best User-Created Modern Warfare 3 Custom Modes Will Be Made Public

Infinity Ward’s creative strategist, Robert Bowling, has confirmed that the studio has hand picked some of the most popular user-created game modes in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3’s multiplayer and will make them available, albeit with some modifications and enhancements, to all players of the first per...

16 December 2011
22:31 GMT

SEGA Delays Anarchy Reigns to July 2012

Video game publisher SEGA has announced that Anarchy Reigns, the Platinum Games developed third person shooter with brawler elements and a multiplayer focus, has again been delayed and is now set to be launched on July 3 of 2012 in the United States and three days later on the European market.The game will be launche...

16 December 2011
05:15 GMT

Max Payne 3’s Gang Wars Multiplayer Mode Gets First Details

The first actual details about the special multiplayer mode in Max Payne 3, called Gang Wars, have finally appeared, presenting a very different online mode than what you might see in other games like Call of Duty, Battlefield or Uncharted.Max Payne 3 was confirmed for released in March, 2012, and Rockstar Games, its...

15 December 2011
17:41 GMT

Modern Warfare 3 Gets New Game Modes During the Weekend

One of the main sources of information on the future of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has suggested that the first person shooter might soon get a number of new multiplayer games modes as both Infinity Ward and Activision Blizzard work to make the game attractive in the long term.A Twitter message from Robert Bowlin...

15 December 2011
05:51 GMT

Epic Games Introduces Twelve Days of Gearsmas with Daily Prizes

Gears of War 3 is already one of the most popular video games of the year but the developers at Epic Games seem to be interested in getting even more players involved with the multiplayer modes via a new event called Twelve Days of Gearsmas.Those who take part will be able to get a number of prizes, like a beta teste...

14 December 2011
04:19 GMT

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Player Gets 5,000 Day Ban

A fan site that focuses on the first-person shooter Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has posted information showing that at least one gamer who cheated in the game has received a 5,000 day ban, which translates into about 15 years, from the developers at Infinity Ward. Robert Bowling, who is the creative director at t...

14 December 2011
02:30 GMT

Skyrim Developer Still Not Interested in Making a Multiplayer Game or an MMO

Bethesda still isn’t convinced that it should make a massively multiplayer online game, largely because it’s now focusing on the recently released Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim role playing game, trying to support it with new updates and thinking about any possible DLC for it.Bethesda has made a name for itself...

12 December 2011
18:21 GMT

Bethesda Prepares Skyrim Expansions, Might Keep Some Exploits

Video game developer Bethesda has reiterated its position that all downloadable content for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim will be story focused and massive, although the team is not ready to talk yet about exact content and about a possible launch date.Todd Howard, who is the game director for the latest The Elder Scro...

12 December 2011
16:31 GMT

No Plans for Battlefield 3 Patches Outside of Origin

Video game developer DICE and publisher Electronic Arts have stated that they have no plans to launch the PC based patches for their first person shooter Battlefield 3 outside of the Origin digital distribution service.This comes after a number of gamers have asked the two companies to offer new ways of getting and a...

9 December 2011
07:55 GMT

Online Pass Might Hurt Twisted Metal Multiplayer Popularity

The Online Pass system seems to become a constant when it comes to new games releases, a simple way of rewarding first time buyers and getting some extra revenue from used game sales, but at least one major developer says that it might affect the popularity of his game.Speaking to Eurogamer David Jaffe, who is the le...

9 December 2011
03:40 GMT

DICE Upgrades Battlelog Server Browser for Battlefield 3 on PC

DICE, the developer of the very successful Battlefield 3 first person shooter has just confirmed that it’s made a series of improvements to the server browser for the game’s PC version which can be accessed through the Battlelog online service.Battlefield 3 impressed millions of gamers with its high quali...

8 December 2011
04:41 GMT

Dragon Age Series Might Get Multiplayer Mode

It seems that the next Dragon Age game might mark a major change for the franchise, as a new rumor says that it will feature, besides the traditional single-player mode, a multiplayer one, complete with PvE (Player versus Environment) cooperative matches and PvP (Player versus Player) competitive fights.Dragon Age: O...

30 November 2011
08:10 GMT

Trine 2 Has Cross-Platform Multiplayer Between PC and Mac Versions

Trine 2, the upcoming side-scrolling puzzle game from developer Frozenbyte, will have cross-platform multiplayer when it is released early next month for the two platforms. Trine impressed lots of players with its side-scrolling gameplay and tricky puzzles that required cooperation between multiple players, who coul...

24 November 2011
02:36 GMT

Call of Duty Elite Reaches 1 Million Subscriptions in Six Days

Video game publisher Activision Blizzard has announced that the 1 million membership mark for the premium part of its Call of Duty Elite service has been reached in just six days after the November 8 launch, which coincided with that of Modern Warfare 3.Activision says that the big interest in Elite is one of the rea...

23 November 2011
05:15 GMT

Activision Pledges to Fix Call of Duty Elite by December 1

The Call of Duty Elite multiplayer oriented service from Activision Blizzard has had some rough weeks since it was launched, but the publisher is now promising that all the issues linked to it will be eliminated by the start of December.Daniel Suarez, who is the vice president of production working on Call of Duty El...

21 November 2011
09:53 GMT

BioWare Explored Multiplayer Ideas for Both Mass Effect 1 and 2

Mass Effect 3 will have a cooperative multiplayer mode called Galaxy At War, but the idea for online play was explored by BioWare, the developer of the role playing shooter series ever since the inception of the first and second games.Previous Mass Effect titles have been pure single-player experiences, with BioWare ...

18 November 2011
19:41 GMT


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